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W. Y. WARNER.

} Snow Plow. No. 78,161. Patented May19, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM I1 MAY CONCERN:

and exact description of the same.

W. Y. WARNER, 'OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

Letters Patent No. (8 ,161, dated May 19, 1868.

IMPROVED snow-moses.

ate Seattle referrer in iii-tiger with; patent ant-mating are at the time;

Be it known that I, W. Y. WARNER, of Wilmington, New Castle county, Delaware, have inventedan Improvement in Removing Snow and Ice from Railway-Tracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

My invention consists of the combination.of a steam-boiler and steam-pipes applied to a. car,'as flilly described hereafter, for the purpose of melting the snow or ice that may lie upon or between the rails of a railway-track. j i

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had tcthe accompanying drawing, which forms 'a part of this i specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved apparatus for removing snow or ice from railway-tracks. Figure 2, a transverse section of the-same on the line 1-2, fig.'1; and r v Figure 3, an inverted plan view. 7

Similar letters referzto similar parts throughout the several views.

The apparatus is mounted upon a car or truck, of which Eta are the wheels, and B the floor or platform.

A steam-boiler, A, rests u on and is securedto the latforih, its fire-box, b, assin thro'u h an o enin in the P P P g g P g latter, as shown in fig 1, and directly over the fire-box is a steam-drum, 0,.and near. the front portion of the boiler 12. water-tank, D. I r

To the under side of the platform, B, of the car, and extending around three sides of the same, as shown in the inverted plan view, is secured a steam-pipe, E, and projecting downward from the latter, at points directly ,over the railway-track, and at equal distances apart, are a number of smaller pipes or-jets, 0, open at their lower ends, as shown.

The pipe Eis supplied with steam by a tube, d,'leading from they steam-drum; and from the opposite side of the latter passes a similar tube, (1, which supplies steam-to one end of a pipe or series ofxpipes, F, running in a zigzag direction beneath the car, and supported by braces, e, at a point as close to the track as they can with safety be placed. V l

The opposite end of the pipe F communicates with the water-tank D by means of a pipe,'f, as shown in fig. 2,, for a purpose describedhereafter.

The pipes below the platform and the wheels of the car are enclosed in a sheet-metal casing, G, secured to the sides and ends of the platform; and communicating with the chamber thus formed beneath the car, and projecting upwards from the platform are two fines, H. i i

Before starting the car, steam is admitted into the pipes E-and F, through the supply-pipes ii and (1, each of which is provided with suitable valves.

i From the pipe E the steam passes intothe jets c, and is discharged from the lower ends of each of the latter on to and between the rails of the track.

Thesteam also traverses, in a zigzag course the'whole length of the pipe F,'inwhich course it' becomes more or less condensed, and is finally discharged through the'pipe finto the water-tank D, serving to heat the I water in the latter so that steam may be made more rapidly.

After thus admitting steam to the several pipes, the ear is moved slowly over the track, the snow or ice on the latter being effectually melted by the jets of steam discharged from the pipes c, and by the radiating heat.

of the pipe or pipes F. v V

The discharged steam, if permitted to escape from beneath and on all sides of the car, would interfere with the duties of the attendants, and be apt to frighten horses; ,it is therefore confined by the casing G, and caused to pass out above the car by the fines H.

The aboveapparatu's is intended to be used either in connection with the snow-plough or not according to the depth of the snow. It performs its work rapidly and thoroughly, and is equally adapted for horse or steam railways. i

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The steam-pipes I, arranged beneath the body of the car, parallel to the track, in combination with a pipe or pipes, E, having nozzles so arranged that steam may be discharged in a series of jets on to the track 1 between the rails, as and for the purpose described. a

2: The combination of the above and the water-reservoir D, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A casing, surrounding a track-cleaning apparatus, in combination with afflue or flues, H, arranged to conduct the vapors from the casing, substantially as andtfor the purpose set forth. In testimony 'whereof, I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. v i

W. WARNER;

Witnesses:

J. WINFIELD Scor'r, .J.'M. Sco'r'r. 

